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Top 25 Special ed schools based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 613 special ed schools headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 12,512 professional contacts across them, including 3,384 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers special ed schools headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.
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The 25 largest special ed schools based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,080 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Outcomes First Group we believe every child has the ability to thrive when given access to a learning environment designed for their success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 854 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are the UK’s leading education provider for children and young people with special educational needs, as evidenced by sector leading Ofsted judgements and our unmatched…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 530 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Every child and young person has potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 363 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1975, Hesley Group provides specialist residential, supported living and education services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 359 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The SENAD Group has a portfolio of homes and schools for children and young people who have special educational and/or care needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 351 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are an innovative and expanding provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 321 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our schools, college, registered care homes and supported living services provide exceptional education and care for children and adults with autism, learning disabilities and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 228 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission is to provide the best education, care and support for young people with individual needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 203 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Hexagon Care Services, we are dedicated to transforming lives through our comprehensive range of specialist therapeutic services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 190 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Treloar’s is a charity that provides outstanding education, therapy and care to physically disabled young people, and empowers them to live more independent and fulfilling lives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 175 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are Bright Futures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 152 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Options Autism is a leading provider of education for neurodivergent children and young adults.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Compass Schools are unique and distinctive environments that are highly effective in supporting complex children who have experienced trauma and adverse childhood experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Beckmead Trust believes that every young person has the right to the best possible education and a chance to succeed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 82 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “R.E.A.L.’s vision is to create outstanding alternative provision and services that enable young people who have been marginalised by their exceptional and complex special needs to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Linwood School is an ‘Outstanding’ (Ofsted January 2025) multi-campus, day special school for children and young people aged 3 – 19.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At the Eden Academy Trust we specialise in meeting the educational needs of children and young people with a range of learning difficulties including those who may have autism and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are privileged to serve 260 pupils with a broad range of needs between the ages of 4 and 19 years old and are committed to ensuring every pupil is celebrated and supported to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “MacIntyre Academies is a multi-academy trust for special schools and specialist alternative provision.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Birtenshaw was established in the 1950s by a group of parents as a special school for young children with cerebral palsy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We're breaking down barriers for children and young adults in Enfield with special educational needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cantell is a happy, thriving and successful school with 1250 students.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At the heart of our Trust is the belief that our schools should be united in order to provide a high quality, seamless educational provision that prepares pupils for the next…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Orpheus Centre is an independent specialist college in Surrey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We change lives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: special ed schools. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names special ed schools.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of special ed schools, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name special ed schools. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Special ed schools based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 613 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among special ed schools, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “special ed schools”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names special ed schools), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among special ed schools, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 3,384 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Special ed schools by metro
- Special ed schools in London60
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names special ed schools, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many special ed schools are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 613 special ed schools headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Outcomes First Group, headquartered in Bolton, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most special ed schools?
London leads with 60 headquartered companies, followed by Bolton (10) and Manchester (10).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 3,384 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 613 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.